The lives of various people in a town in the North of England. The staple diet of births, ill-fated marriages and violent deaths continued. Storylines included the birth, in 1977, of Tracy Langton, ...

Writers include Peter Whalley, Joe Turner, Mark Wadlow, David Lane, Martin Allen, Jayne Hollinson, Jonathan Harvey, Daran Little, Chris Fewtrell, Catherine Hayes, Debbie Oates, John Stevenson, John ...

This comic cautionary tale, just one reel of which is known to survive, is sometimes reckoned the directorial debut of the young Alfred Hitchcock, then aged just 23. The claim is tenuous, since ...

Stories from Dickens' The Pickwick Papers: 'The Adventure of the Honourable Event', 'The Adventure at the Westgate Seminary' and 'The Adventure of the Shooting Party'.

Warning: screenonline full synopses contain 'spoilers' which give away key plot points. Don't read on if you don't want to know the ending! Willie munches on an apple while running in a field. As he ...

British agents in WWII Crete hatch a daring and ambitious plan to capture the Commander of the island's occupying German forces.

The first piece of British legislation specifically aimed at cinemas was the 1909 Cinematograph Act, which introduced a system of licences for cinema owners to ensure the safety of their buildings and ...

With the help of the young thief Abu, the overthrown king, Ahmad, triumphs over the wicked Vizier and wins the Sultan's beautiful daughter.

In a London housing estate over a long weekend, long-term couple Penny and Phil rediscover their love when their son Rory becomes ill and has to be rushed to hospital. Dick Pope's cinematography ...

How a television company became a major film industry player During this period, Channel 4 embarked on negotiations with the Cinema Exhibitors Association with the aim of modifying the traditional ...

There have been relatively few Chinese themes and characters on British cinema screens - certainly by comparison with those from, for example, India - despite a significant Chinese population since ...

With nearly forty years of steady acting work and positive reviews, it's surprising that Linda Marlowe is not more of a household name. It is perhaps her desire to work in different fields - theatre, ...